Ilisu Dam Protest Close to The Dam Site!
Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive Batman / Turkey – 29.03.2015 Today more than 500 people have protested the destructive Ilisu...
Thematic Issues
GFWUI Meeting with Women Affairs Office
On Saturday, 28th of March, The General Federation of Workers’ Unions in Iraq conducted a meeting at its headquarters with...
How much longer can the water crisis be neglected?
Updating the Save Tigris and the Iraqi Marshes Campaign- March 2015 The water crisis in the Middle East region is...
College of Education for Girls in Baghdad Protest against the Transfer of 19 Qualified Male Professors, while Security Forces Prevent Media Coverage
Al-Mada Press/ Baghdad On Sunday, dozens of students in the College of Education for Girls in the capital Baghdad protested...
Employees of Foreign Oil Companies in Basrah Accuse Owners of Exclusive Decision-Making Procedures which Undermine Obligations towards Workers
Al-Mada Press – Basrah On Tuesday, workers and trade unionists in Basra accused foreign oil companies operating in the governorate...
Industrialists in Sulaymaniyah Hold Iran and Turkey Responsible for Work Stoppage in the City’s Factories
Al-Mada Press / Sulaymaniyah On Tuesday, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the province of Sulaymaniyah accused Iran and...
A Solidarity Greetings from the U.S. LABOR AGAINST THE WAR (USLAW)
February 25, 2015 To: the Federations, Unions and Members of the Iraqi labor movement and all workers of the self-funded...
Painful Career Path for Women Journalists
Sabreen Kadhum There is substantial evidence pointing to the fact that women working in visual, audio or print media...
Iraqi Journalists Likely to Face Exponential Rise in Risks in 2015
ICSSI: Suzanne DeRouen Reporters Without Borders’ (RWB) 2015 World Press Freedom Index reports that, due to the presence of Daesh...
Iraq … A Country in the Throes of Transformation and State Building
Oday Hatem Nearly 12 years after the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, which was supposed to bring about a transition...
Iraq: Bodyguards of the National Security Advisor Attack A Group of Journalists
Source: Gulf Center for Human Rights On 18 February 2015, a group of journalists was attacked by the bodyguards of...
Women Are the Best Weapon in the War Against Terrorism
Foreign policy Fifteen years ago, the U.N. enshrined the idea that equality between men and women is inextricably linked with...